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Running in the dark
It is a perfect September morning. The sun is shining and the air is crisp. And it is my 24th wedding anniversary. And it feels like a blink. I remember being really conscious that all that mattered...
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The start of something new
I have been quiet. I know. Even though I have not been here, I think about this space everyday. And I have to tell you, there are some changes going on. In me. In my life. In my art. That is why I...
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a few simple words
Most weeks, I have a few custom hand-scripted word orders. This week I had several and I wanted to share some of them with you. Little note: these words are cut from salvaged plastic that is used in...
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Christmas in my studio
I have been spending lots of sweet hours in my studio this December. Shipping. Making. Writing. Thinking. Rethinking. So many thoughts. But one keeps rising to the top. Simplicity. Less is more...
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A slow start
Here I am. Leaning into a new year. Catching my breath and doing those things we all do at the start of a new beginning. Clean. Give things away. Reorganize. Strategize. And this year, more than any...
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One Little Word
On several Sundays last fall, I was a vendor at The Clover Market. We (my sweet husband & I) packed all my salvaged words, stitched prints, some original artwork, studio displays, a new puppy and...
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Starting is enough
On a cold spring day, a note arrived in my email that felt like summer. "Your art is beautiful, heartfelt and was exactly what I needed this morning as I continue to try muster up the courage to commit...
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My studio sink
Last week, the fun and talented Cindy Fatsis asked if she could photograph my studio as part of a project she was working on. Cindy was born with an eye for composition and color. You see it in her...
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Spilling Over
Starting with my journal entry June 8th. The day I drove away from Rockywold Deephaven Camps. The day I drove away with my heart full and overflowing from Squam Art Workshops with only GPS leading me...
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National Stationery Show 2014
"This is me...does any of this feel like you?" My cards and prints are the work that flows out of me everyday. The truest work I have ever created. And standing beside them at the National Stationery...
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Summer mornings
Hey summer, I know you have been around for a while now, but I want to sit with you a bit before you go. So don't rush out. Take your sweet time. Okay? I love fall but I am not ready to let summer...
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Breakthroughs over breakfast
I get on my bike and ride down the canal and meet the lovely Heather Davulcu for breakfast. This is a weekly happening. Or at least we try very hard for it to be. One we both need and look forward...
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Talking in my sleep
This past week I had some things to do that were hard for me. So I did them. And I will do them again. But here is what I want to tell you. The day before the hard stuff, I made time for yoga. And...
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My one little words
A cold January and February. Me, inside, warm and busy, creating and shipping out lots of One Little Words. These are words that people make part of their day and year. I script them out of salvaged...
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Naps save lives
The National Stationery Show is a little less than a month away and I have been in a sea of paper. And I love every second of it. Creating. Sewing. Designing. Thinking and then rethinking. Lately,...
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Over coffee
Time gets away from me. And I have so much to share with you. I want to tell you about the National Stationery Show and how good it felt to be there. To show up again. And I want to share about Squam...
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Our mission trip. Year three.
Year three on a mission trip with my 17-year-old daughter. And 24 other teens. And eight adults I have grown to know and love. Three years ago, was our first mission trip to Freeport, Grand Bahamas....
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Hour of Gold
When I look back at teaching Hour of Gold at Squam this September, I will remember the light in those New Hampshire woods. The light from the water that danced on our cabin walls each morning. The...
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The Goodness
Goodness. That is the word I find myself using and thinking about a lot lately. The leaves are falling on me like blankets this season. I am surrounded with beauty and color and I am joyous....
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a day in June
4:40 am. I am wide awake. So I quietly slipped out of bed and made some coffee and now here I sit. Wide awake with you. And thinking about this past year and this new year. It is cold and dark...
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